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THE BOYCOTT ON 'THE JUNGLE'; Upton Sinclair's Book in Trouble in the Packing Centres.

UPTON SINCLAIR. ();

May 18, 1906,

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A few weeks ago, when the Chicago newspapers reported that President Roosevelt had begun an investigation to determine the truth or falsity of the charges which I have made concerning conditions in the meat-packing industry, the Trustees of the public library of Chicago suddenly discovered that "The Jungle" was a book unfit for circulation, and ordered it removed from their shelves.

May 18, 1906

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